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American Financial Resources announced its new down payment assistance program that will provide grants for homebuyers, and caters especially to teachers, military members and first responders. The program will grant up to 2% of the purchase price and up to 6% of closing costs.

Many employers offer a number of benefits as a way to entice new employees to join the company, including health insurance, paid time off, and contributions to the employees’ 401(k) account. While employees may not see the benefits of their 401(k) until they retire, employers can now offer a new benefit that employees will be able to use much sooner – help with a down payment on a house.

Banks are giving back to their employees after Republicans in Congress passed their major tax overhaul last week. One bank even announced it would increase funding to its program which offers down payment assistance and financial education to homebuyers.

Wells Fargo is committing $4.8 million to help increase homeownership in the Denver-Aurora area as part of partnership with NeighborWorks America and its network member Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation.

Movement Mortgage announced a new down payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers that allows borrowers to put nothing down on a home. In order make this happen, the lender said it will provide grants up to 3% of a home's sales price, thus creating 97% conventional financing.

Wells Fargo is partnering with NeighborWorks America and Neighborhood Housing Services of Birmingham to boost homeownership in the Birmingham and Jefferson Country areas of Alabama. Through the program, borrowers may be eligible to receive a matching down payment assistance grant ranging from $2,500 up to $7,500.

A recent report from HUD's watchdog said that HUD does not have sufficient oversight of borrower-financed down payment assistance programs for FHA-insured loans, which puts borrowers and the FHA’s flagship insurance fund at “unnecessary risk.” Analysts from the Urban Institute reviewed the report as well, and came to a different conclusion: HUD’s watchdog is wrong to call out the down payment assistance programs.

A California city that ranks among the most expensive housing markets in the nation is trying something unique to help its residents afford their first home. The city of Santa Ana is now offering interest-free down payment assistance loans to first-time homebuyers. Here are the details.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s lack of oversight into borrower-financed down payment assistance programs for Federal Housing Administration-insured loans puts borrowers and the FHA’s flagship insurance fund at “unnecessary risk,” HUD’s watchdog said in a new report.

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